The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-28

Tbs nBlcs Of The week at Boston are re.
ported as 2.l50,OO0 pounds, co com pafel
with zoos 600 lass week, and 2,2IO GOO in
The sag1e vSaS c yasr sae. At PhiIsdel.
phiG there heA been 10 general demand of
shy nots, but by means OF concessiors
sellers have moved fair-sized lines Of Gus
haeces and territory wools, the former at
Sls32 cents, chiefly By cents Tor M and
abovo Ohio, pnd the latter ct irregular
rateu according to condition. Medium
and qusr!er.b!ood tieeces ere acarco and
firm. Buye!D generally are operating only
for actual watts. Sa|s1 aggregate 1,035, 900
pounds, against 1853 900 pounds last woek
and 5 10000 pounds fer tho corresponding
week Last year.
OF tho metal markets. tbs ssme paper
saya:
Tho market for leading bands OF No. l
pig iron Is e little iirmes Elst, and as Chi
csgo and St. Louis, but tbers have been no
change9aa to prices. In the Central West
the situation ia less elcouraRing. Meeers.
Rogers, Brown & Co., of Cincinnati, sta!s
that ouch furnaces 90 arc compelled 10
force their product arc making prices be.
low the market. TheDumber OF such fur.
Dacee, However, ia small, IS uearly all of
the leading companies have orGers booked
to run them until after January L. The
general bullish tendency in the stock mar
ke!, cotton market, snd in tin, copper end
other asaple1 hap given encouragement,
and predictions Of higher pricea for ply
iron are frequently heard. Most large
buyers are now giving December and Jan
uary ss the probable date Of their pur-
chases.
No litt!o excitement has prevailed in
| tho copper market this week. Lake insos
advanced to Sl3 05 caah, thereby meeting
| tho views Of the most radical guessers OF a
month ago. AeLonGon Chill bara ross 10
&5l 1Oa. Tho French bull operators are &c
| active as ever, while tho outbreak Of
another fire in the Calumet mine has been
| worth o good many pointa to the market.
Manufacturers are operating With extreme
canton, but as q matter OF courae ore adj
vanciDg their waves on tho strength OF g
rice Of 2s2ac per pound in the metal Birce
tho middle Of October. A reduction in
Lake Superior output, a compared with
last year, is now figured out by GONE. In
the Boston market copper mining ahares
are moro active than for many month";.
Calumet & Hecla dropped from e04 to 1856
ON the news OF the fire, recovering to 100.
Tamarsck has risen this mouth from 90 to
l02, ~receding to 100 aBked; franklin sd.
vanced during the week from u! to LIT,
and Osceola from ISL to 20l. "
At Philadelphia there ere no few Tea.
lures In tho mil trade situation. Tha de-
msnd ID light and prices weak at s. Goa
2l5. At St. Louis pig iron transactions
this week are limited 10 email lots, and
the market is in waiting condition, with
no decided tendency either way. Mer.
chant iron Ia quioter and less firm, but not
quotably changed. At Chicsgo nails have
advanced to s. 1852 25 pur keg, while iron
and wira mills gro not wanted OF former
prices. Steel rails are s:oadier, and manu-.
featured iron and steel hGvo loatno ground.
Small orders for pig iron were numerous,
and Southern irons were more freely
Offered. Prices for the better gratea Of
Lake Superior coke and charcoal branda
are reduced 50 cents to 81 per ton. ssocku
are reported to be light, however, and con.
sumption active for tho season.